Bed covering



W. SCOTT.

BED COVERING.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-16,1920.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

Winifred Scorl' Invenl'o'r Arro ney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WINIFRED SCOTT, F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

BED COVERING.

1,403,873. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan, 17, 1922 Application filed October 16, 1920. Serial No. 417,485.

To all whom it may concern: Figure 3 illustrates my improved bed covc it known that I, WVINIFRED SooT'r, 0f ering removed;

the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view ominion of Canada, have invented certain taken on line 4-4Figure 3; new and useful Improvements in Bed Cover- Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional View ings; and I do hereby declare that the folillustrating the manner in which the upper lowing is a full, clear, and exact description part of the covering is pinned at the shoulthereof. der to the lower part, and

My invention relates particularly to bed Figure 6 is a side elevation of a bed with covering for infants of tender age and has my invention applied thereto. for its object to provide for the tucking in The under part of the covering is indiof the infant without danger of being subcated at b and the upper part at 0 while the sequently uncovered by the movement of the pleat is indicated at d. The pleat is of suffiinfant; and a further object of the invention cient dimensions. to accommodate the baby is to provide a simple and inexpensive covwith ample room for kicking and the middle ering having this quality and one which may of the top has a neck notch e and the side be readily made by any mother or nurse and arm notches f, the notches being so cut that from any material whether woolen blankets, portions g of the covering are presented parcotton sheeting, flannel or canton-flannel tially closing the arm notches and affording as'circumstances may require. means by which the outer part may be To this end the invention consists of a pinned to the under part near the neck and ed covering exceeding in width more or less consequently cover the shoulders of the inthe height of the infant and of suflicient fant. T e under part and tucked outer part length to be tucked under the sleeping ad are stitched together as at i, the line of or mattress to a considerable extent, ore stitching fastening dOWIl the lower ends Of specifically stated my improved covering the tuck, thus establishing the kicking room. 7 comprises two parts, one of which lies upon T e uppe OI Outer part c is preferably of the bed for the infant to rest upon and the i ient length to permit its ends being other part, which may be longer, is stitched t ked under he sleeping pad or mattress, to the under part and has a pleat of sufficient to be h ld against being displaced by any width to accommodate the body of the infant v n 13' the infant; while the under with le Space f ki ki th l t be. part b may be shorter as illustrated, the uping stitched down along the bottom edge to per part and COIIIIGCtlOIl between the parts both top and bottom parts; The upper end h lng h nder part in place. of the pleat has notches for the neck and gh I have described the two parts arms of the infant, these notches being so f my bed covering as being stitched to formed that they may be closed by safety gether, yet they may be cut from the same pins connecting the upper to the under parts piece folded, or otherwise united without declose to the neck opening. parting from the spirit of my invention.

For full comprehension, however, of my What I claim is as follows:

invention, reference must be had to the acl. A flexible textile protecting covering or companying drawings in which similar refblanket for an infant, such covering exceederence characters indicate the same parts, g 1 Wid h h height of the infant when and wherein:

igure 1 is a plan view of a bed with my parts stitched to ether along the lower edge, invention applied thereto; t the upper part being of sufficient length to Figure 2 is a similar View to Figure 1 enwrap the infant and its pad or mattress with my improved bed covering thrown and having transverse pleats for the purpose open; of affording accommodation for the infant.

and having transverse pleats for the purpose of affordingsaccommodation for the infant, and the-upper end of the pleat having a notch for the neck and notches for the arms,

the material between the neck and arm notches being adapted to be fastened to the upper edge of the under part. 15

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

WINIFBED SCOTT.

Witnesses GORDON G. COOK-E, WILLIAM J. C. HEWETSON. 

